丫

See also: ㄚ, ㆩ, and Y

丫	U+4E2B, 丫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2B

← 个
[U+4E2A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

丬 →
[U+4E2C]

Translingual

Han character

丫 (Kangxi radical 2, 丨+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 金中 (CL) or 難難金中 (XXCL), four-corner 8020₀ or 8020₇, composition ⿱丷丨)

Derived characters

吖, 𣏎, 𫊦, 𮨸, 𮬨, 𡷉, 𩫾, 𰿛

Descendants

ㄚ (Zhuyin alphabet)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 79, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 71
Dae Jaweon: page 158, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 28, character 6
Unihan data for U+4E2B

Chinese

simp. and trad.		丫
alternative forms		椏／桠枒／丫

Glyph origin

Appeared c. 1000, much later than the alternative forms.

Pictogram (象形) . A fork in a branch or path.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yā (ya¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ia; ¹o

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yā
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ya
  - Wade–Giles: ya¹
  - Yale: yā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ia
  - Palladius: я (ja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yār
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄚㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yar
  - Wade–Giles: ya¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: yār
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ial
  - Palladius: яр (jar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: aa¹
  - Yale: ā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a
  - Tâi-lô: a
  - Phofsit Daibuun: af
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ia; ¹o
  - MiniDict: ia^平; o^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ia; ¹o
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ia⁵³/, /o⁵³/

Note:

1o - colloquial;
1ia - literary.

Middle Chinese: 'ae

Rime
Character	丫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於加切
Baxter	'ae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔa/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨ/
Li Rong	/ʔa/
Wang Li	/a/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	aa¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丫
Reading #	1/1
No.	14174
Phonetic component	丫
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鴉
Old Chinese	/*qraː/
Notes	椏晚起字

Definitions

丫

bifurcation; fork
forked
(Beijing Mandarin, colloquial, derogatory) he; she
(Beijing Mandarin, colloquial) A derogatory appositive attached to second- and third-person pronouns.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

丫

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: あ (a)
Kan-on: あ (a)
Kun: ふたまた (futamata, 丫)、あげまき (agemaki, 丫)

Korean

Hanja

丫 (eumhun 가닥 아 (gadak a))

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References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丫

Vietnamese

Han character

丫: Hán Nôm readings: a, nha

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References

Nom Foundation